Walked into my LCS here in Framingham MA just as they got the word from Hynes Convention Center that all weekend events were cancelled, effectively pulling the plug on Boston Comic Con. Sure this is small potatos in the Great Scheme - sure they'll manage to reschedule - but they as sponsors are well out of pocket and many out of towners won't be able to reschedule or afford another trip.

While I understand the reasoning behind this (and understanding that, as someone on Twitter pointed out, Tsarnaev may not have been able to hear his Miranda being read to him under the effect of flashbang grenades), I don't like this. It casts a bad light on the future of the legal proceedings, and I'd much rather see this guy go on trial for a long time than disappear into Guantanamo or somewhere else.

We've handled this disaster, as a culture and a lawful nation, pretty well so far. I'd like to think we can continue to do so.

Still kind of upset that the surviving suspect is just a kid. It's fucked up on all kinds of levels. I'm sure that over the next weeks and months something is going to be horribly bungled, but at the core of all of this, I'm just deeply saddened by the fact that a 19 year old boy was part of this.

I'm sad that anyone is capable of this kind of behavior, but it just drives it home when it's a 19 year old.

(I have this response whenever I hear about things like this where a very very young person acts in such a violent, hateful manner. This isn't unique to this situation. This is just going to be more visibly covered in the news).

The Miranda question is somewhat troubling. But then again, so was locking down a major city for an unendurably long day. Had I lived there and run out of cigarettes, I'd be in Guantanamo right now. (It would take an army to keep me from my tobacco, nevermind booze.)